If the pandemic is ‘a portal, a gateway between one world and the next’ (Arundhati Roy, 2020), where are we going? What are we stepping into?

Following the pandemic, this panel aims to make sense of the seismic shifts on our ways of being, knowing and relating to each other. After two years of social distancing, how do we come back together again?

In the context of drama, theatre, and performance within educational and community settings, how have we changed the ways we create work and conceive new projects? We will consider the growth of digital practice and the impact this has had on the live experience of theatre-making in schools, community settings. What hybrid creative practices and methodological discoveries are emerging?

Please note that these conversations will be continued with our Local Section partners in the informal lunch later this day. Check main programme for timings.

Chair: Jonny Heron (University of Warwick)

Panelists:

Corey Campbell (Creative Director, The Belgrade)

Doreen Foster (Director, WAC)

Paul Sutton and Max Dean (C&T)

Peter O’Connor (University of Auckland)

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